Large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

Shale or bituminous shale.

Sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.

Part of a brick with one whole end.

To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.

To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.

One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail.

The common bats are small and insectivorous.

See Cheiroptera and Vampire.

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

To wink.

In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.

Stroke; a sharp blow.

Stroke of work.

Rate of motion; speed.

Spree; a jollification.

Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.

Turn batting; 'he was at bat when it happened'; 'he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats'.

Small racket with a long handle used for playing squash.

Bat used in playing cricket.

Club used for hitting a ball in various games.

Strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; 'bat the ball'.

Many people in Europe use the term 'bat' to refer to kiln shelves Thus 'bat wash' is kiln wash However in North America, 'bat' most often refers to wood, plastic, or plaster disks which are used on the potters wheel A bat is held in place by pins, an interlocking arrangement, or glued on by slip Ware can then be thrown on the bat and the whole thing removed to make another piece.

Bulk administration tool A web-based application for Cisco CallManager that enables bulk system modifications, including adding and deleting phones, modifying phones, and adding users and mailboxes.

Filename extension for a batch file.

Best Available Technology.

File with this extension is most likely a batch file for either CP/M or MS-DOS and is not likely to work on a different platform than the one for which it was originally written It should be simple ASCII however, so it might be possible to figure out what it is supposed to do and write a new script to do the same.

Best Available Techniques BAT Standards are used to judge the performance of industrial processes and to provide a target for improvement plans They are gathered in a BAT Reference Document.

Fluffy layer which is composed of interlaced and matted strands of fibrous material used for filling or insulating articles such as mattresses or comforters.

The cylindrical equipment piece players use when hitting All Major League Baseball bats are wooden; most are 34-40 inches long and weigh 31-40 ounces On non-major league levels, most hitters use aluminum bats, which provide more power than wooden bats.

The sound heard when a flying mammal flies overhead and excretes on one's head.

It is an Artificial Aid that a Rider may use to backup the Natural Aids of Seat and legs Its purpose is to encourage reluctant or lazy horses to move forward.

Batch bestand - List of commands, necessary to run a program or application, for example the autoexec bat In this file the computer find the configuration for the soundcard, drivers for the cd-rom and more.

Begged.

Same as Tical,,.

Turn batting; 'he was at bat when it happened'; 'he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats' nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate a club used for hitting a ball in various games wink briefly; 'bat one's eyelids' beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; 'We licked the other team on Sunday!' strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; 'bat the ball' use a bat; 'Who's batting?' have a turn at bat; 'Jones bats first, followed by Martinez'.

Wink briefly; 'bat one's eyelids'.

Have a turn at bat; 'Jones bats first, followed by Martinez'.

Use a bat; 'Who's batting?'.

Beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; 'We licked the other team on Sunday!'.